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Even though genetic information is available, doctors may be ignoring important clinical clues
Genetic testing is revealing important information about disease risks, and consumers can now pay for a test to know their risk. They might be better off if their doctors considered these risks, too.
Why treating breast cancer with less may be more
Women with breast cancer often have six weeks of radiation therapy after surgery to remove the cancer. A recent study suggests that shortening that time is not only effective but also cost-saving.
Is the developed world we’ve created giving us cancer?
What causes cancer? A scary truth might be that we have created an environment for it. An anthropologist's search for answers to her own diagnosis raises questions for all of us.
Drug-resistant cancers kill millions – here’s how we’re tackling them
Tumour evolution was first identified 40 years ago. We're finally making good progress with it.
How obesity causes cancer, and may make screening and treatment harder
Obesity is linked with a host of health outcomes. Both a disease itself and a risk factor linked to many others, we explore the linkages between obesity and cancer.
How ‘cannibalism’ by breast cancer cells promotes dormancy: A possible clue into cancer recurrence
After treatment for breast cancer, many women receive the news that they are cancer-free. In many cases, the disease will come back. How and why does that happen? New findings offer an explanation.
Why cancer rates are increasing disproportionately in women – and what we can do about it
Obesity is one of the factors behind a large rise in cancer rates among women.
Understanding genetic differences between breast cancer tumors is key to better treatment
Not only are tumors are different from one another, but there can even be genetic differences within a single tumor.
How the landscape has changed in the search for a cure for breast cancer
The chances of surviving breast cancer are improving everyday due to advanced research and new treatment techniques.
Why we need to keep an eye on whether a blood infection in cattle is linked to breast cancer in humans
The case of bovine leukemia virus shows how scientists monitor health risks in our food supply and why it's critical to revisit scientific conclusions when new technologies become available.
Why some girls grow breasts early – and how new findings could cut cancer risks
Until now, the processes that lead some girls to start developing before others have been poorly understood.
What women with breast cancer should know about estrogens
Estrogens also have many positive effects on mental health, cognitive function, libido and protection of the brain, possibly even slowing the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.
‘It’s your fault you got cancer’: the blame game that doesn’t help anyone
People with cancer are exposed to many, often misrepresented, ideas about cancer. These can induce stress and even shame for the sufferer who might feel they've done something wrong.
Women’s cancers: curable for the rich, often a death sentence for the poor
Of women who die from cervical cancer, 87% live in poor countries.
Breast self-examination: should you really ‘pledge to check’?
Women are told it's important to self-check their breasts. But is this true?
Early stage breast cancer: How to know whether to forgo chemo
New tools help doctors and breast cancer patients decide whether chemotherapy is needed. A recent study suggested that many can forgo chemo. But the decision is complicated. Here's why.
How Australians Die: cause #2 – cancers
Currently, seven cancer types are listed in the top 20 causes of death in Australia. These are cancers of the lung, blood and lymph, bowel, prostate, breast, pancreas, skin and some childhood cancers.
More effective and less invasive: how breast cancer treatment has evolved since the 1950s
New research that more isn't better when it comes to chemotherapy mirrors the evolution of surgery approaches to breast cancer that, a few decades ago, were far more radical than now.
Breast cancer campaigns might be pink, but men get it too
Although breast cancer is usually seen as a woman’s disease, around 145 Australian men were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, and around 25 died from it.
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Professor & Deputy Director, Women's Health Program, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Professor of Breast Cancer Research, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation and School of Biomedical Sciences,, Queensland University of Technology
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Director, Sansom Institute for Health Research; Chair of Translational Cancer Research, University of South Australia
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Professor of Surgical Oncology, University of Western Australia
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Adjunct Professor, Murdoch University
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Honorary Associate, Australian Institute for Primary Care and Ageing, La Trobe University
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Senior lecturer in Pharmacology, University of Adelaide
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Associate Professor, Health Sociologist, Centre for Health Equity, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne
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Professor of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Professor School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Adjunct Professor, School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University; Education and Research Director, Cancer Council WA; Chair, Occupational and Environmental Cancer Committee, Cancer Council Australia
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Professor of Oncology, Head of the RMH Familial Cancer Centre and Joint Head, Breast Cancer Laboratory, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
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Medical Oncologist and Laboratory Head, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
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Consultant Senior Lecturer in Clinical Genetics, UCL
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Professor, School of Medicine, University of Connecticut
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